You’ve probably noticed that a number of current Celtic players have been linked with, or touted to, various other clubs throughout the world, and even though he’s captain, and has repeatedly said he’s happy and proud to be at Celtic, Scott Brown joined the list of “departees ” this January.
Well, sort of.
In former player and manager and scout Davie Hays Evening Times column, the Quality Street Kid says;
Earlier this week, Ronny Deila described Scott in these pages as Mr Celtic, and there is no doubting he has matured into a strong captain of the club.
The manager is convinced that Scott will not want to leave. In his seven years at Parkhead, he has built up a real affinity with the club and its supporters.
However, as ever, the bottom line is money. Will Celtic be able to put enough on the table?
Scott is already one of the club’s top earners, and is playing the best football of his career after finally shaking off the injuries and personal issues which marked earlier years at the club.
This has not gone unnoticed down south, and Scott will have a very good idea what he could be earning in the Premier League.
With his energy and skill, there is no doubt he could do it at a Sunderland or Newcastle.
But, such has been the improvement in him, both for club and country, I could even see a case for suggesting that a Liverpool or Manchester United might see something in him that would appeal to them.
It is going to come down to how much Celtic want him to stay.
It would leave a huge hole in the side – and the club – if he was allowed to go.
Reading it carefully, its not actually touting Brown to go anywhere. Its more of a warning shot across the bows of the board not to cut his wages in the way they are reported to have with Georgios Samaras and Kris Commons.
No need Davie, even they wouldn’t be that stupid.
International football has brought its first casualty of the current break-is it me or do teams seem to be playing every bloody day and night now ? I’m sure Wales have played at least three times since Celtic beat Aberdeen.
Mikael Lustig has hurt his hamstring whilst in the colours of Sweden, and it looks serious, because the Daily Express is using capital letters-and not just to help their readers run their fingers along under the words;
Celtic star Mikael Lustig
CROCKED on international duty
They went into great detail about the injury, quoting the players in depth assessment of what happened, and how he plans to deal with it;
“It was not cramp,” he said. “I tried to stretch, but knew immediately that it was something else.”
I think his eyes have gone.
Evident here when he failed to notice someone had nicked his newspaper.
He’s gone home, and is a doubt for the weekend game with Dundee.
Probably the single most bizarre item ever to appear in a newspaper anywhere in the world, and that includes the old Sunday Sport with its bombers on the moon and buses at the north pole, was the recent Telegraph interview with Stewart Regan, the chief executive of the SFA, seen here wondering where the crowd is before the start of the recent Scotland -Ireland game.
You should read it. Its proof positive that Regan lives in his own little world and has little bunnies dancing around inside his head.
The title gives you a clue as to the level of delusion in the article.
Englishman-Stewart-Regan-has-led-rise-in-Scottish-football
I have no idea who the author, Henry Winter is, and he didn’t take his head out of Regans arse long enough for me to ask him.
The sub heading is equally , well, pathetic.
The English FA could learn from a chat with Stewart Regan, who has
guided Scottish football through difficult times to a bright future
What is worrying, in all seriousness, is that if Regan thinks that he has had anything, anything at all, positive to add to Scottish football during his tenure, then he needs to be taken away for a while and given some tablets that will allow him to reside in the real world again.
I don’t need to list all the follies of the Regan regime. We all know them.
What I cannot understand , for the life of me, is how anyone can possibly attribute any credit whatsoever to the man who oversaw arguably the biggest scandal in European football history.
Has the writer forgotten how he desperately tried to keep a toxic entity in the game, at any price, when the same entity, albeit in a different guise, had all but destroyed the reputation and integrity of the game north of the border ?
Perhaps I’m overreacting . The point of the article seems to be that Regan has turned around the youth development in Scotland, which in turn has led to an upsurge in the national teams fortunes, whicch will come as a surprise to Gordon Strachan, who turned it around by picking the best players for the job and getting them to play as a team.
No, its all down to Regan , who is our very own shining light in the dark abyss of depair that used to be Scottish football. Though, as Joe McHugh points out on Videocelts,
Within 18 months of taking up their posts as performance coaches Ian Cathro, Ray McKinnon, Dean Gore and Scott Booth had quit to take up other jobs. Performance Director Mark Wotte quit last month quickly followed by u21 coach Billy Stark.
Ooops. But that doesn’t deter Regan, who went on to tell Winter how earlier in his career he introduced changing ends at half time, the use of goalnets to catch the ball, and making opposing teams wear different coloured shorts to make it easier on the eye for players and supporters alike.
Well, he didn’t. Even Telegraph readers might have raised an eyebrow at that one.
Not surprisingly, the events surrounding the toxic Ibrox club, and how Regan dealt with it so professionally and openly were omitted from the conversation.
Thats probably because the SFA man still hasn’t got a clue what actually happened, and doesn’t want to know because that would mean he would have to do something about it. And his buddy Campbell Ogilvie keeps telling him theres no real issue and not to worry.
Except they might be worrying down Hampden way. One or two might decide to take a wee break from the limelight now that Police Scotland have decided they don’t want to get up early in the morning to arrest young lads for singing.
Its freezing out there at 5am.
Nope. Instead those on the force that can read are now reading the documents that they have been handed concerning the goings on over the river, and they’ve called in a few people to help them.
Four of which are in court today, where they will be charged with lying , cheating and stealing. Or something like that.
And this arrest warrant for Craig Whyte ? Anyone seen or heard anything official yet ? As opposed to paper talk ?
The warrrant has been out since Friday, if you believe the MSM…
…look, some people do, and therefore , given the hatred and blame attached to the Motherwell born billionaire you’d have thought the papers would have been a little more helpful with trying to find him….
David Murray, the man who started the train that would crash into the barriers with his misunderstanding of simple matters, such as paying bills, ( perhaps he thought bill-e boys was bill exempt . Try the veal etc. ) hasn’t been interviewed, by either the press, or perhaps more surprisingly, the police.
Though I’d confidently wager he could certainly help clear up a few matters. You’d think he’d see it as his duty to help clear the name of the now defunct club which has been the target of so many detractors over the last couple of years….
Happily though for Ibrox supporters, who must now feel like they’ve been repeatedly run into by a bulldozer before being rubbed down with a wire brush, their new team held its head high with a creditable 1-1 draw at home to Alloa at the weekend.
” Thank fuck for that ” said manager Ally McCoist. ” We couldn’t afford the win bonuses. ”
The MSM will no doubt be on the ball during the forthcoming events, and its a chance for the press to go some way to redeeming themselves for past mistakes, and perhaps even improve ailing circulation figures.
Take the Record, for instance.
Take the Record, its what newsagents say to thousands each morning, as they desperately try to shift the piss poor rag.
StevenD, on twitter, helped to explain the papers sharp downturn in fortunes;
Away from all this nonsense, the demise of the matchday experience took a nosedive when a supporter at Wembley complained he couldn’t see the game when a waiter brought some food out to another fan;
What is the world coming to ? What is wrong with these people ? Who came up with that one ?
More importantly, why didn’t anyone knock the tray out of his hand ? Call themselves fans etc…
Hopefully, it will catch on at Celtic Park, where 60,000 fans can all shout “haw you, thats feckin mine ” when a waiter appears.
Sometimes I really do despair.
Something else that made me despair this weekend was the fourth release of that awful Do They Know its Christmas durge from Band Aid. Apparently Adele , one of the better modern day performers declined to take part. She has a family now, and simply couldn’t be bothered.
Thats shocking. Bob Geldof is has been doing this for years, and you never hear his family complaining.
Kenny Dalglish, on loan at Cumbernauld Utd , featured in the picture quiz on saturday.
What do these two have in common ?
Twists and Turns and The Blessed Martin are both former Celtic managers,oh and they couldnae feckin stand the huns
TB and MON both Tic managers.
Tommy ( God bless him) ripping the p**h out of the blessed Martin both became managers of our great club and both are legends
Both Glasgow born; the ‘Sainted’ Tommy Burns and his fellow Glaswegian Ray Houghton.
TB and MON (playing for Billy Binghams’ Norn Iron)
Eh. Thinks. They both liked resting on invisible chairs during a game?
This wee fud… is a wee fud.
How he has held down his job beggars belief.
I can only hope that the upcoming “revelations” will nail this wee fud for once and for all.
If it’s proved that he has been party to the biggest scandal ever to hit Scottish Football..along with Ogilvie…then maybe then we will see the back of this corrupt organisation.
Oh and did I mention…?
He’s a wee fud.
Fudfuckintatic Mike Fudfuckintastic.
So which one do you prefer?
Fudfuckintatic or Fudfuckintastic?
You choose.
Regan & Ogilvie are only the latest in a long line of clowns running the SFA (Billys Not So Smart Circus?)
No doubt reagan got loads of advice from laptop loyal,about the right thing to do
RIP young Nathan.Why have Regan and his SFA deemed a minute’s applause appropriate ? It should be a minute’s silence.
I have no split loyalties for this game.Let’s hammer the smug English.Beware if your in the Gallowgate,Engurlund’s scum fans will target this area.
At least there’s one guy,who know’s his football in the English media.Last night on Talksport,Stan Collymore, ” Celtic Park is a special place,a real football arena.I am so excited to be going their.If the atmosphere,is anything like Celtic’s CL nights,then
we are in for a treat. ”
Fair play,to big Stan !
Stan Collymore is one of the most despicable scumbags to walk the earth, would never have a decent thing to say about that turd.
Andybhoy,
Not talking about him as a person.I agree with you on that
one.In his professional capacity,in the media,he know’s there is no rival to Celtic Park,as far as stadia go.
HS.I just find him repulsive and the sound of his voice gives me the boak.
I enjoy Talksport, but immediately switch off when that lowlife comes on.
Andybhoy,
I agree with you,he is a woman beater etc.
I just thought,it’s unusual for any pundits,as we are used to
here,to speak in such glowing terms,about our dear old Paradise.
Cheers m8.
No need to explain HS.
Hail Hail.
Absolutely. Full of shit he is and a complete tosser.
Fellow ETims,have a laugh at the Zombies,by reading Ken Early’s,match/crowd report from the Alloa game.He writes for
the Irish Times,and it’s on Celtic News Now.None of the laptop loyal here,would dare write,such a piece.It’s hilarious !
Ken Early’s article is painfully hilarious. A must read.
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/a-city-of-two-halves-from-national-ecstasy-at-celtic-park-to-agony-at-ibrox-1.2003377?page=1
Thanks,
I should have put that link up.
Let’s all laugh at the Zombies…..Ha Ha Ha Ha !
That article was quality, truly captures the spirit of the game.
Match day experience….last year I went to a mates wedding in Dallas ( Texas, no Scotland ) and went to a Dallas Cowboys game 110,000 Tuesday night, it was ana amazing experince( despite havin no interest in the actual game ) no doubt the waiter at Wembly is the way ‘ahead’… personally ah would rather be in the Jungle. Times have changed, eh.
MON THE HOOPS !!!!
Yeh, but the pies are still malogen.
The most interesting thing I read this month perhaps even this year in fact:
http://www.rangersinternationalfootballclub.com/
First Line:
“This is the website for Rangers International Football Club plc, the holding company of The Rangers Football Club.”
Line 4:
“Rangers International Football Club plc is a football club based in Glasgow, Scotland.”
If The Rangers Fans want real evidence they are no longer the same Club…Simply direct them to their own Clumpany Website 😉
…almost forgot Greens claim the huns were going in ‘partnership’ with The Dallas Cowboys. Krist ah laughed reading that, even more so that the gullible swallowed it hook line & sinker.